The range of scores is between 0 (poor mobility) and 15 (good mobility).

No information is available regarding norms or meaningful cut scores for SCI population

Published data for the SCI population is available for comparison (see Interpretability section of the Study Details sheet

Languages:

English, Dutch, Chinese and Italian.

Training Required:

None.

Availability:

Can be found at: http://www.rehabmeasures.org/PDF%20Library/Rivermead%20Mobility%20Index.pdf

Clinical Considerations

The RMI is simple and quick to complete making it easy to perform in the home, institutional or office settings. There is minimal patient or clinician burden.

The 14 interview questions should be fairly quick and easy to administer but the direct observation item requiring the patient to stand without aid may not be appropriate to individuals with an SCI. Additionally, since the RMI was originally developed to measure mobility for patients with acquired brain injury, self-report items in the measure may not be applicable to individuals with an SCI.

Measurement Property Summary

# of studies reporting psychometric properties: 2

Reliability:

No values were reported for the reliability of the RMI for the SCI population.

Validity:

Correlation of the RMI is High with:

the Walking Index for Spinal Cord Injury (WISCI) (Spearman’s r=0.67)

the Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM) (Spearman’s r=0.75)

the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) (Spearman’s r=0.9)

the Barthel Index (BI) (Spearman’s r=0.60).

[Morganti et al. 2005]

Responsiveness:

No values were reported for the responsiveness of the RMI for the SCI population.

Floor/ceiling effect:

No values were reported for the presence of floor/ceiling effects in the RMI for the SCI population.